About
Founder of Afriex, a remittance platform that enables low-cost money transfers to over 25 countries with rapid settlement.
Founder at AfriexYC S20
Intro paths
YC
Tope went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Tope can intro founders to Afriex's investors below.
Afriex's investors · 9
AdaverseHong KongBrightstone Venture CapitalMinneapolis · $250K – $10M checksDragonflyNew York City · $3M – $30M checksFoundersSan Francisco · $250K checksMetastableNew York City · $3M – $30M checksOpen Opportunity FundAtlanta · $100K – $1M checksPrecursor VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $4M checksVibe CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020
Co-founders at Afriex
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John ObirijeFounder
Experience
Skills & more
Software Engineering13Web Development29Ruby on Rails15JavaScript35MySQL25Python6jQuery9Apache13AJAX6CSS11Perl4C++6
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Tope Alabi?
- Founder of Afriex, a remittance platform that enables low-cost money transfers to over 25 countries with rapid settlement.
- Where does Tope Alabi work?
- Tope Alabi is Founder of Afriex.
- What companies did Tope Alabi found?
- Tope Alabi founded Afriex.
- Where did Tope Alabi go to school?
- Tope Alabi studied at Leaders In Tech; Y Combinator (S20); University of North Texas (Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).
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